In our increasingly sedentary, homogenous society, it's hard to be up to snuff on the dances of various cultures. One sure-fire way to remedy this deficiency would be to attend the auditions for the ...

The menu for the annual San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival is the most reliable indicator of population shifts in the Bay Area. Every year, a handful of companies make their performing debuts in the ...

If only the nations of this world could get along as well its nations’ dancers do in Coronado each winter, choreographer Betzi Roe thinks the world could be a lot more peaceful and fun-loving place.

Discover why Indian classical and folk dancers are built different! In this video, we explore the unique physical conditioning, flexibility, stamina, and strength required for traditional Indian dance ...

Hundreds of years of dance history from around the world can be found in a small dance studio at the East Las Vegas Community Center. Ethnic Express, a group that studies traditional folk dances, ...

One of our greatest ambassadors of ethnic authenticity is the Minneapolis-based Ethnic Dance Theater. Since 1974, artistic director Donald LaCourse has tirelessly researched the dances of world ...

Standing in front of a mirrored wall, dressed in khakis, a sweater and black ballet shoes, 84-year-old Carlos Carvajal taps along to the music. He’s rehearsing with a group of ballet students at a ...

Folk dancing is alive and well in Houston. The old world meets the new every Monday night when a group organized by the international folk dancers gets together to carry on the traditions of ethnic ...

When COVID-19 ended many of UMass Lowell’s student activities last spring, UML Folk Dance Club President Sarah Bustin didn’t take it sitting down. Life without folk dance would be difficult for Bustin ...

Hinsdale South’s 2019 Ethnic Fair was all about dancing, food and connections. Edmund Arroyo, a social worker at the high school who emceed the fair, told the friends and relatives seated in the ...

You can get a good workout traveling around the world without leaving Long Island by dabbling in folk dances from Israel, kicking it Bollywood-style, swaying to the beat of African drums or stepping ...

At the center of the stage of an international dance competition, where countless eyes converge, Chinese ethnic dancer Li Meijing stands in a flowing ethnic Dai dress (the Dai is one of China's ethnic ...